The co-founder and CEO of The LADBible Group, the co-founder and former President of Maker Studios and senior management executives from ITN Productions, Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) and Bell Pottinger are amongst the investors backing media entrepreneur Damian Collier’s latest digital venture Blend Media. Blend Media is a 360° video and Virtual Reality content and creator platform […]
Music channel 4Music has launched on Freesat – the UK’s subscription-free satellite TV service. The launch takes place ahead of the UK premiere of the 59th Grammy Awards which will broadcast on 4Music on February 13th. 4Music joins Freesat’s other music channels, including Kiss and Magic, and replaces The Box on channel 509. The arrival […]
Premium entertainment network EPIX has confirmed that the EPIX app is now available on Apple TV (4th generation) to all authenticated subscribers. EPIX on Apple TV offers subscribers access to EPIX’s breadth of premium content, including its critically-acclaimed original series Berlin Station and Golden Globe nominated Graves; original documentary programming such as America Divided; thousands […]
The QYOU, a curator of internet video for the TV Everywhere market, has announced a partnership with retail services provider HeroFi that will bring The QYOU’s programming to over 1,100 Buffalo Wild Wings (BWW) restaurants across America. The retail partnership marks the first “out-of-home” deal for The QYOU in the US, as the business expands […]
With Andrus Ansip, EC Vice-President in charge of the Digital Single Market, describing it as “a new important step” in breaking down barriers in the Digital Single Market, Europeans will soon be able fully to use their online subscriptions to films, sports events, e-books, video games or music services when travelling within the EU, following […]
Europe’s booming virtual reality (VR) ecosystem now consists of nearly 300 companies, according to the first European Virtual Reality landscape released by The Venture Reality Fund and France’s LucidWeb. Silicon Valley-based venture firm The Venture Reality Fund tracks investments in the augmented reality and VR markets, but most of the action in the past has focused […]
Hit Tom Hardy drama Taboo and psychological thriller Apple Tree Yard will become the first of a new run of boxsets on BBC iPlayer. All episodes of each show will remain on iPlayer until the last episode is broadcast. The full series will then be available to watch as a boxset for 30 days. The […]
Five people have been arrested in a crackdown on the sale and distribution of illegal TV set-top devices in the North West of England and Wales. The multi-agency day of action on February 8th saw the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), Greater Manchester Police, City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) and the […]
TF1-owned producer and distributor Newen has taken a majority stake in Dutch indie production company Tuvalu Media Group, concluding its first international acquisition. Newen said is looking to “become a European leader in the production and distribution of audiovisual content.” The TFI Group has already concluded commercial partnerships with companies in Germany, Spain and Canada […]
Back in 1994 when the then Orbit bundle of pay TV channels was the very first digital broadcaster on the planet, it was justifiably proud of its exclusive relationship with Disney. That relationship is firmly back in position with a new wide-ranging deal with OSN (which merged with rival Showtime back in 2009). The new […]